Podcasts: Bill Newman

Bill Newman

The Bill Newman Show. Weekdays at 9AM. Join Bill & Monte Belmonte as they talk with news-makers, elected officials, authors, artists, poets, and ‘fish wrap’ about the day’s headlines.

Recent guests include authors Senator Elizabeth Warren (Persist); Larry Tye (Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy); Daniel James Brown (Facing the Mountain); Chuck Collins (The Wealth Hoarders and Born on Third Base).

How HCC Helped Put The Second C Back in H

9/14: Long time HCC President Bill Messner –our special guest on our segment “Your State U.” with Max Page; Hollywood editing star Harry Keramidas on the Ashfield Film Festival.

Out! On The Road

9/13: New President of the Berkshire Eagle, Fred Rutberg; Cool films with Larry Hott Smith College gender studies prof. Jennifer DeClue.

A Basket of Deplorables

9/12: Represent. Us CEO Josh Silver on Hillary and Trump, money and polls; internationally renown expert Eric Reeves on the continuing genocide in Darfur and Sudan; “Play by Play”—opening this week—our guests are playwright Meryl Cohn and actor and improv artist Julie Waggoner.

The Results Are In

9/9: Election fishwrap; then, we honor 9/11 with Tom Rinaldi, author of the just published “The Red Bandanna: A Life, A Choice, A Legacy;” City Council President Bill Dwight on tweets, the city screening (or not) of citizen volunteers’ social media, and the Northampton Human Rights Commission; also, Sports Man! Scott Coen on the pennant race.

VOTE!

9/8: Maxine Stein, CEO of Jewish Family Service of Western Mass.—on its 100th anniversary; Penny Burke, Exec. Dir of Northampton Center for the Arts, on chalking the city—the upcoming seventh annual confab; the recently unsabbicalized CBI Rabbi Justin David returns to “The Reverend (Peter Ives) and the Rabbi”—lessons learned while away.

Are U Ready to End Football?

9/7: NYT columnist & reporter and best-selling author Joe Nocera on UMass football –a special edition of “Your State U.” with professor Max Page; Rich Michelson — celebrating his friend and client Leonard Nimoy on the 50th anniversary of Star Trek; Natalia Munoz interviews local author Matthew M. Bartlett on “Gateways to Abomination.”

Is The Wait For Weed About To Be Over?

9/6: Northampton attorney Richard Evans, Chair of the Committee to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts on the upcoming marijuana referendum; Tom Manley, President of Antioch College on college work-study; Hampshire College professor and astronomer Salman Hameed on the recently discovered earth-like planet — close enough to visit? Northampton author Zane Kotker on her exquisitely written new novella, ”Goodnight, Ladies.”

Who Will The New Sheriff Be?

9/2: Melissa Perry, candidate for Hampshire County Sheriff; Daily Hampshire Gazette Executive Editor Jeff Good and reporter Amanda Drane – breaking the story on breaking stories.

A Kinder Kind Of Divorce Court

9/1: Hon. Linda Fidnick, First Justice of the Hampshire Probate and Family Court, with members of the FRSC (Family Resolutions Specialty Court) Advisory Board Jim Frutkin from Service Net and family law lawyer Leslie McLellan Brown; Rev. Peter Ives on God and sexual fluidity; Max Page on UMass this week — one first place and one last.

Meet Adam Hinds

8/31: Adam Hinds, candidate for the state senate from the Berkshire-Hampshire-Franklin-Hampden District; Cool Films with Larry Hott; Vaya con Munoz with Natalia Munoz.

Recent Headlines

1 day ago in National

Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting

The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington's glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.

2 days ago in National

Accused attacker at Washington media dinner is a tutor and computer engineer from California

The California man arrested in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is a highly educated tutor and amateur video game developer opposed to the policies of President Donald Trump.

2 days ago in National

Tornadoes in northern Texas leave at least 2 dead and destroy multiple homes

A tornado-producing thunderstorm left at least two people dead in northern Texas and displaced at least 20 families, with many homes sustaining major damage, authorities said Sunday.

2 days ago in Sports, Trending

Marathon milestone shattered: Sabastian Sawe breaks the fabled 2-hour barrier by 30 seconds

A pair of African distance runners took down what was once among the most unthinkable records in sports on Sunday, shattering the long-unapproachable two-hour barrier in the 26.2-mile (42.2-kilometer) marathon.

4 days ago in National

A violent tornado tears through Oklahoma town, damaging 40 homes but sparing lives

Raeann Hunt scrambled to her cellar as a tornado bore down on her Oklahoma community. "It is headed right for us," she recalled thinking, as she peeked outside, unable to contain her curiosity.